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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1577 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations 

for military personnel, reserve personnel, and National Guard personnel 

accounts of the Department of Defense, generally title I of the annual 

Department of Defense appropriations Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2011 

Mr. RIGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize advance 

appropriations for military personnel, reserve personnel, 

and National Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense, generally title I of the annual Department of Defense appropriations Act. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT 

2 OF DEFENSE MILITARY PERSONNEL AC3 COUNTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 226 the 

6 following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 227. Advance appropriations for Department of De8 fense military personnel accounts 

9 ‘‘(a) INCLUSION OF ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 For each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2012, dis11 cretionary new budget authority provided in an appropria12 tions Act for the military personnel accounts of the De13 partment shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) be made available for that fiscal year; and 

15 ‘‘(2) include, for each such account, advance 

16 discretionary new budget authority that first be17 comes available for the first fiscal year after the 

18 budget year. 

19 ‘‘(b) ESTIMATES REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De20 fense shall include in documents submitted to Congress 

21 in support of the President’s budget submitted pursuant 

22 to section 1105 of title 31 detailed estimates of the funds 

23 necessary for the military personnel accounts of the De24 partment for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for 

25 which the budget is submitted. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than July 31 of 

2 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con3 gress an annual report on the sufficiency of the resources 

4 of the Department of Defense for the next fiscal year be5 ginning after the date of the submittal of the report for 

6 the provision of military pay and allowances for members 

7 of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the 

8 reserve components thereof. 

9 ‘‘(d) MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS DEFINED.— 

10 In this section, the term ‘military personnel accounts of 

11 the Department’ mean the military personnel, reserve per12 sonnel, and National Guard personnel accounts of the De13 partment of Defense, generally title I of an annual De14 partment of Defense appropriations Act.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

16 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

17 after the item relating to section 226 following new item: 

‘‘227. Advance appropriations for Department of Defense military personnel accounts.’’. 

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